the toxicity and childishness of cancel culture: a thread 😌

not only is cancel culture childish, it’s also ineffective and counterintuitive. the entire internet (or distinct groups of it) attacking one individual for something they’ve discovered that raises-
-suspicion surrounding their character does absolutely nothing to help the situation. all this behavior accomplishes is creating chaos and drawn out unnecessary drama.
this chaos opens the door for misinformation and accusations to spread wildly with hardly any evidence to-
-properly support anyone’s claims. furthermore, people will begin to ruthlessly attack others about things that have NOTHING to do with the argument, like their appearance or interests. some people are sent death threats for having an opinion that conflicts with someone else’s,-
-which is childish and awful of anyone to do. the muddled mass of information being thrown around paired with the petty insults hurled at one another lead to people not being able to have educated conversations on the topic. the facts get buried beneath opinions, and at the end-
-of the day, you have accomplished nothing. it’s a sad waste of time.
in the event that the person being cancelled did something genuinely terrible, blowing it up and “cancelling” them ultimately ends up making them look better than you. it fails.
this thread is in NOT-
-me trying to say that bringing up concerning evidence about a celebrity is dumb and a waste of time. sometimes celebrities have done actual fucked up shit that needs to be brought to light.
but there needs to be order. you need to have proof and be educated on what you’re-
-saying and make a CASE. don’t fight with people who don’t agree, and don’t let it get to the point where the person you’re trying to hold accountable looks better than you. THAT is where cancel culture fails miserably.
there’s a lot more to say on cancel culture that i can’t-
-put into words. this is just me attempting to explain why it does not work. it keeps happening for the smallest reasons and it’s so incredibly toxic, so please stop. just get educated, form your own opinion based on what you’ve been presented with, and move on.
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